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Definition of Jaundice of the newborn

1. Noun. Yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously.

Medical Definition of Jaundice of the newborn

1. Icterus which can be accentuated by many factors including excessive haemolysis, sepsis, neonatal hepatitis or congenital atresia of the biliary system. Synonym: physiologic icterus, jaundice of the newborn, neonatal jaundice, physiologic jaundice. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Jaundice of the newborn

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1. A Compend of obstetrics, especially adapted to the use of medical students by Henry Gardner Landis, William Hughes Wells (1915)
"jaundice of the newborn What is icterus neonatorum? A certain amount of yellowness appears on the skin of many newborn children, and usually disappears ..."

2. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"The conjunctive are last to be tinged in the jaundice of the newborn. Infants suffering from icterus, though in an apparently normal condition, ..."

3. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Larned Keith Shaw, Linnæus Edford La Fétra, Luther Emmett Holt (1912)
"JAUNDICE Jaundice may occur in childhood under many different conditions. The jaundice of the newborn will be considered in another part of this work. ..."

4. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum (1916)
"jaundice of the newborn is also obscure, although, of course, the types caused by syphilis or by congenital atresia of the duct, etc., are clear enough. ..."

5. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1917)
"In some babies—less than half—there is a yellowish color to the skin after the third day, the so-called icterus neonatorum, or jaundice of the newborn. ..."

6. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell (1901)
"According to this, the jaundice of the newborn is due to the absorption by the intestine of a large amount of biliary coloring matter from the meconium in ..."

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